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Test Bank For Biological Psychology, 14th Edition, James W. Kalat || Complete Guide A+||Latest Update 2024
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Biological Psychology 14th Edition by James W. Kalat complete With Questions andr r r r r r r r r r r
Answears Test Bank r r r
Chapter 1: The Major Issues
r r r r
TRUE/FALSE
1. Neuroscientists r are r more r interested r in rstudying r behavior r than r biological r psychologists.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: factual REF: rIntroduction
rOBJ: 1 TOP: r r1.1 r The r Biological rApproach r to r Behavior
2. According rto rTinbergen, r a r physiological r explanation r describes r why r a r structure
r orrbehaviorevolved r as r it r did.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: factual REF: rIntroduction
rOBJ: 1 TOP: r r1.1 r The r Biological rApproach r to r Behavior
3. An r evolutionary r explanation r describes r why r a r structure ror r behavior r evolved.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: factual REF: r Biological
r Explanationsrof r Behavior OBJ: 1 TOP: r1.1 rThe rBiological rApproach rto
rBehavior rMSC: r www
4. An r ontogenetic r explanation r is r one r that r describes r the r development r of r a r structure ror r behavior.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: factual REF: r Biological
r Explanationsrof r Behavior OBJ: 1 TOP: r1.1 rThe rBiological rApproach rto
rBehavior rMSC: r www
5. A rfunctional r explanation r describes r why r a r structure r or r behavior r evolved r as r it r did.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: factual REF: r Biological r Explanations
of r Behavior OBJ: 1 TOP: 1.1 rThe Biological rApproach r to r Behavior
6. Genes r are rthe runits r of r heredity.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: factual REF: r Mendelian
r GeneticsrOBJ: 5 TOP: r 1.2 r Genetics r and r Behavior
7. A rstrand r of r DNA rserves r as r a r template r (model) r for r the r synthesis r of r RNA rmolecules.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: factual REF: r Mendelian
r GeneticsrOBJ: 5 TOP: r 1.2 r Genetics r and r Behavior
8. It r is r possible r for r two r heterozygous r brown-eyed r parents r to r have r blue-eyed r children.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: factual REF: r Mendelian
r GeneticsrOBJ: 5 TOP: r 1.2 r Genetics r and r Behavior
1 The rMajor
, 9. If r both r parents r are rheterozygous, r then r all r of r their r children r should r be r homozygous.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: conceptual REF: r Mendelian
r GeneticsrOBJ: 5 TOP: r 1.2 r Genetics r and r Behavior
10. The r sex r chromosomes r X r and rY rare r known r as r autosomal r genes.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: factual REF: r Mendelian
r GeneticsrOBJ: 5 TOP: r 1.2 r Genetics r and r Behavior
11. Sex-linked r genes r are rusually r found r on rthe rY rchromosome.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: factual REF: r Mendelian
r GeneticsrOBJ: 5 TOP: r 1.2 r Genetics r and r Behavior
12. When r chromosomes r cross r over, r it r is r more rlikely rto raffect r genes r that r are ron
r separaterchromosomesthan r genes r that r are r on r the r same r chromosome.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: factual REF: r Mendelian
r GeneticsrOBJ: 5 TOP: r 1.2 r Genetics r and r Behavior
13. The r genetic r sex r of r an r offspring r is r determined r primarily r by rthe r sex r chromosome r contributed
r byrthevmother.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: factual REF: r Mendelian
r GeneticsrOBJ: 5 TOP: r 1.2 r Genetics r and r Behavior
14. Sex-limited r genes r are r found r only r on r the r X r and rY rchromosome.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: factual REF: r Mendelian
r GeneticsrOBJ: 5 TOP: r 1.2 r Genetics r and r Behavior
15. To rdetermine r the r contributions r of r heredity r and renvironment, r researchers r rely rmainly r on
r studiesrofmonozygotic r and r dizygotic r twins.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: factual REF: r Heredity
r andrEnvironment OBJ: 4 TOP: r 1.2 r Genetics r and r Behavior
16. Researchers r have r found r specific r genes r linked r to r certain r specific r behaviors.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: factual REF: r Heredity
r andrEnvironment OBJ: 4 TOP: r 1.2 r Genetics r and r Behavior
KEY: r NEW
17. The r damaging r effects r of r phenylalanine r in r children r with r PKU rare runavoidable.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: factual REF: r Heredity
r andrEnvironment OBJ: 4 TOP: r 1.2 r Genetics r and r Behavior
2 Chapter r1
,18. Genes r become r more r prevalent r in r a r population rif r they r contribute rto r reproductive r success.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: factual REF: r The r Evolution
r of
Behavior OBJ: 3 TOP: 1.2 rGenetics and r Behavior
19. Humans r have r stopped r evolving.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: conceptual REF: r The r Evolution
r of
Behavior OBJ: 5 TOP: 1.2 rGenetics and r Behavior
20. Evolutionary rpsychology r deals r with r how r behaviors r have r evolved, r especially r social r behaviors.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: factual REF: r The r Evolution
r ofrBehavior OBJ: 5 TOP: r 1.2 r Genetics r and r Behavior
21. Research r scientists r are r free rto r do r as r they r wish r when r conducting r research r with r animals.
ANS: rF PTS: DIF: factual REF: r Reasons r for rAnimal
1
r
Research OBJ: TOP: 1.3 rThe r Use Animals r in r Research
4
r rof
22. The r underlying r mechanisms r of r behavior r are rsimilar r across r species.
ANS: rT PTS: 1 DIF: factual REF: r Reasons r for rAnimal
Research OBJ: 4 TOP: 1.3 rThe r Use Animals r in r Research
rof
KEY: r NEW
23. Invertebrate rnerves r follow r the r same rbasic r principles r as r human r nerves.
ANS: rT PTS: 1 DIF: factual REF: r Reasons r for rAnimal
Research OBJ: 4 TOP: 1.3 rThe r Use Animals r in r Research
rof
KEY: r NEW
24. Minimalists r do r not r tolerate r any r kind r of r animal rresearch.
ANS: rF PTS: 1 DIF: factual REF: r Reasons r for rAnimal
Research OBJ: 2 TOP: 1.3 rThe r Use Animals r in r Research
rof
KEY: r NEW
25. Professional rorganizations rsuch ras rthe rSociety rfor rNeuroscience rpublish rguidelines rfor rthe ruse
rofanimals r in r research.
ANS: rT PTS: 1 DIF: factual REF: r Reasons r for rAnimal
Research OBJ: 3 TOP: 1.3 rThe r Use Animals r in r Research
rof
KEY: r NEW
3 The rMajor
, 26. Abolitionists r maintain r that r no r animals r have r the r same r rights r as r humans.
4 Chapter r1
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